The Summer of the Pool Floaty - Size XL Please!

We are so sad to be saying "so long"

to our Floaty friends with the end of summer pool time!

Maddy had a blast at the pool

with the XL floaties that seemed

to be almost everywhere!

We started out with a Pineapple one -- loved it!

It was nearly as big as she was!

I had to put the back seats down in the jeep 

for the floaties to fit!

Loved the pineapple, but lo and behold -- 

she found a Unicorn  - 
MAGICAL!

Oh my word -- that one is crazy big!

I guess it's a good thing that the pool we visited was

not too crowded since the floaties took

up so much space!

Truth be told - there were lots of other floaties 

of similar sizes this summer!

The last big floaty of the summer

was the crabby duck!

We hate to put these things away for the winter,

but they don't really go with 

our house decor very well!  

The unicorn is currently lingering in the dining room

waiting for one last pool visit!

The pool and the floaties were Maddy's happy place

this summer especially during the trying times

of driver's ed classes!

Everybody needs an escape, am I right??

It's been a fun summer at the pool

with our pool friends! 

Fingers crossed for nice hot weather on the

weekend before we put the pool and floaties to bed

for this year.

Ahhhhh summer - we'll miss ya!

Always Be Yourself . . . or Be a Unicorn!

As Maddy says -- 

"Always be Yourself unless you can be a 

Unicorn, then

Always be a Unicorn!"
Words of wisdom from my favorite teenager!

Pretty magical, right! :)

We've been loving the rather large

floatys that are around this year

and the unicorn is definitely our favorite 

. . . 

so far! :)

With the extreme heat and humidity we've 

been enjoying,

the pool is the place to be with a floaty

and maybe a root beer float too!

TGIF/Spring Break Report

Yippee Skippee - it's Friday and the sun is shining!
In honor all things spring and her love for Peeps,
Maddy tried one of the Unicorn frapps at Starbucks*
the other day.
Isn't it so pretty!
Pretty, but loaded with sugar and she took two
sips and deemed it way too much!!
Since it had no chocolate in it, I was not interested! :)

In other spring break-type news,
Maddy's break from school is centered around  the holiest of holidays,Easter,
 so a bit later than most spring breaks this year.

We used to head to Disney for Spring Break

and Loved  that so much -- but it was incredibly

busy and crowded.  So we switched and stay home at Easter/spring break and

head to Disney World after school gets out at the end of May!
The countdown is on and at 39 days!

We had brunch with this lovely group on Easter Sunday!

They all look so spiffy and cute, don't they!

I'm not sure why I didn't force ask Maddy and Connor and Mr. Tennis

 to get into a photo, 

but somehow I missed that opportunity!

Mads and I spent a lot of time over spring break visiting

fabric stores and sewing!

The doggie bandana business is going strong - very strong!

We sewed 16 bandanas over Easter weekend 

and are currently working on 10 more!

Hope you had a wonderful week.  After seemingly endless
storms and rain here, we're crossing our fingers for a full day or two
of sunshine!

Happy Weekend!